Fancy food

Today was Larry's work Christmas part (during work hours--not one I attended).  A couple of weeks ago, they had drawn names to buy gifts for one another.  It was supposed to be a gag gift, but the gift Larry got was definately not a gag.  It was a very nice sausage/cheese/crackers set complete with a fabulous wooden cutting board, spreader knife & lots of other goodies included.  In addition to that, Larry also brought home a couple of bags full of sweets from the office staff ladies.

When Larry got home, I made some deer Helper (kind of a joke there...we used ground deer meat in the Hamburger Helper!) for supper.  After we'd eaten supper, we were going to watch a movie together as a family but before we did, Larry & I were looking over the meat/cheese set he got.  We were both talking about getting these boxed sets when we were kids (well, I guess WE didn't get them, but our parents did) and how good it was.  After talking about it for a little while, we tore into this one to try some of the salami & cheese spreads on the crackers.

The kids saw us scarfing down the sausage & cheese and came running.  There were some pretzel nuggets, some kind of cashew things, some wafer-type crackers, a little salami link and two kinds of cheese spreads.  Between the five of us each getting just a few bites each, we pretty much finished off the entire stinkin' thing!  Larry & I were laughing about how we must be a family of pigs to stand there & eat almost the entire set in one sitting (well, standing....we were all standing around the end of the bar while we munched).  Anyway, it was yummy & the kids loved it, too!!  It was a great little after-dinner snack.  The leftovers went into the fridge, but I suspect they won't last long.

After we had all gotten settled to watch the movie, Savannah asked about the food & why Larry and I were so excited about it when we were first looking through it.  We told her how we'd gotten those gift sets when we were kids & how we'd always thought they were yummy back then.  She mumbled something about it again as the movie started, but we shushed her so we could all hear.

After the movie was over & she was brushing her teeth to head to bed, she said "Thank you for sharing the fancy food with us tonight.  It was good!  Do you think we'll get another one of those for Christmas thisyear?"

I just about fell over laughing at her description..... "Fancy" food, huh?  I guess so.  After all, there's nothing like a good processed cheese spread, hard meat salami & a few crackers to fancy up a party.  Tomorrow night, we'll tackle another "fancy" food.  Chicken breasts, salad and pasta.  Woo.....we're really living it up over here!